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Governance and Ethics Committee approves 2025 work plan; schedules follow-ups on ethics and policies
Summary
The Governance and Ethics Committee approved its 2025 work plan, which includes charter review follow-up, ethics policy work, public-records/text retention discussion and reviews of travel and naming policies; the committee directed staff to schedule several items for upcoming meetings.
The Governance and Ethics Committee approved its 2025 work plan after a staff presentation that incorporated items the committee previously requested.
The work plan schedules the following topics for upcoming meetings: a June review of council policy 035 (naming of community facilities), council policy 043 (official travel for elected officials) and policy 006 (guidelines for commissioners’ attendance at conferences and training); a September review of gifts policy (policy 050) and finalization of ethics documents, including an update on the ethics commission work effort; and a December first draft of a city council policies and procedures manual and further review of text-message retention policies and Smarsh implementation.
Members emphasized sufficient training budget for volunteer commissioners and clearer guidance on retention of official communications. One member recommended that training budgets should not be cut and that commissioners be provided the opportunity and funding to attend relevant conferences. Staff said the IT department is moving toward more active device management, which could simplify public-records compliance.
The committee moved, seconded and approved the work plan; the motion passed unanimously among the members present.
